FIFA Announces A Partnership With Algorand Foundation

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Football governing body FIFA announced in a blog post on Monday that it has partnered with Algorand.

Football governing body FIFA announced in a blog post on Monday that it has partnered with Algorand. The agreement means Algorand will become the official blockchain platform of FIFA and provide the official blockchain-supported wallet solution. Furthermore, Algorand will be a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Regional Supporter in North America and Europe and a FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 Official Sponsor.

Algorand is an open-source, permissionless, Pure Proof-of-Stake (PPoS) blockchain protocol for “the next generation of financial products”. As such, Algorand ensures "full participation, protection and speed within a truly decentralized network".

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Hassan is a Nigeria-based financial content creator that has invested in many different blockchain projects, including Bitcoin, Ether, Stellar Lumens, Cardano, VeChain and Solana. He currently works as a financial markets and cryptocurrency writer and has contributed to a large number of the leading FX, stock and cryptocurrency blogs in the world.